tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1457494575010932749..comments2024-03-28T16:48:23.212-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Wry, Ironical, Guarded'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-87371884193639653392009-01-14T02:55:00.000-06:002009-01-14T02:55:00.000-06:00For something "wry" and "ironical" by Enright, tak...For something "wry" and "ironical" by Enright, take a look at the poem "No Offence" - his view of post-war Germany. (A disclaimer: I take no position on the views expressed in the poem, and have no axe to grind against Germany or Germans.) I came across the poem in Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, which may not be surprising, given Larkin's sense of humor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-43595827017658119642009-01-13T21:57:00.000-06:002009-01-13T21:57:00.000-06:00Glad to learn that you're an Enright fan, too. His...Glad to learn that you're an Enright fan, too. His three commonplace books/journals are great favorites of mine, and I've also received countless hours of pleasure from the anthologies he edited for Oxford, the books of death and the supernatural being my favorites. <BR/><BR/>{And I've been considering that Hazlitt bio--that one line may be enough to convince me to pick it up.}Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.com